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title: did u hear, Mia's dog died n she cried in class, Jake reckons crying… — Moving, new schools, change and grief · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear, Mia's dog died n she cried in class, Jake reckons crying over a dog is pathetic lol. what's the real lesson Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

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did u hear, Mia's dog died n she cried in class, Jake reckons crying over a dog is pathetic lol. what's the real lesson

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, dog, Jake, crying · **What happens:** hear, not die, cry, reckon, be · **To what, where:** class, real lesson

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t17:1
# text = did u hear, Mia's dog died n she cried in class, Jake reckons crying over a dog is pathetic lol. what's the real lesson
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	n	not	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
17	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	csubj	_	_
18	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	pathetic	pathetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
23	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	22	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
25	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **die** | past | Mia's dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | dog |  |  | class |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in class=Location |
| 4 | **reckon** | present | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over a dog | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dog=Location |
| 6 | **is** | present | crying |  |  |  |  | pathetic *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is a** | present |  | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Mia should hide her sadness until she gets home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t17:o1:1
# text = Mia should hide her sadness until she gets home
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | should | Mia | Mia's sadness |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Jake is right that crying over a dog in front of the class is pathetic

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t17:o2:1
# text = Jake is right that crying over a dog in front of the class is pathetic
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	pathetic	pathetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Jake |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | front of the class |  | over a dog | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dog=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | crying |  |  |  |  | pathetic *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only crying over people counts as real grief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t17:o3:1
# text = Only crying over people counts as real grief
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over people | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over people=Location |
| 2 | **count** | present | crying |  |  |  |  | as real grief | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as grief=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Grief over a pet is real and crying is normal, not pathetic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t17:o4:1
# text = Grief over a pet is real and crying is normal, not pathetic
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	pathetic	pathetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grief over a pet |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **be** |  | Grief over a pet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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